Hoosic River
Johnsonville NY
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"Earth, Air & WaterWorks, Inc. is the proud sponsor of "The Pittstown/Johnsonville Hoosic River Project", a rural grassroots organization dedicated to preserving their rural heritage in "harmony with nature." One way they propose to do this is by addressing some long-ignored environmental issues in the area, particularly along the banks of Hoosic River by the Johnsonville Hydroelectric dam. The goal is to establish a "forever" green & blue senic way along the river where it winds through the tiny Hamlet of Johnsonville, NY. Local residents are just beginning to realize how very under-appreciated the river is by elected officials in that area. There are absolutely NO protections for this important river there: The Hoosic River is THE LARGEST estuary of the Historic Hudson River."
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5 Years After Hoosick Falls Water Crisis, Millions of NYers Still Don’t Know What’s in Their Drinking Water
For Immediate Release: December 8, 2020
Legislators Pledge Action if Dept. of Health Fails to Test for Unregulated Contaminants
Albany – Five years have passed since the US EPA informed residents of Hoosick Falls, NY that their water was unsafe to drink because of toxic PFOA contamination. Yet in that time, the NYS Department of Health (DOH) has failed to implement a landmark law that was intended to prevent future situations like Hoosick Falls from happening by expanding drinking water testing for unregulated contaminants to millions of New Yorkers.
Should the Department fail to act, Senator James Skoufis and Assembly Member Richard Gottfried have committed to passing their bill (S.6625/A.7839) to jump start testing for unregulated contaminants during the upcoming legislative session.
For years, Hoosick Falls residents were in the dark about the cancer-causing chemical in their drinking water. Because the Hoosick Falls water system serves fewer than 10,000 people, the village was not required to test for a suite of unregulated contaminants, which included PFOA, in 2013. Had testing been required, Hoosick Falls residents would have been alerted to and protected from PFOA much earlier.
In response, Governor Cuomo’s administration promised swift action to close the testing loophole. In 2017, the Governor signed the Emerging Contaminant Monitoring Act, which directs DOH to create and regularly update a list of unregulated contaminants that every water system, regardless of size, would be required to test for and notify the public if high levels were discovered. However, DOH has failed to follow through. Approximately 2,000 small water systems have not been tested for unregulated contaminants like strontium, chromium-6, or vanadium. 2.5 million New Yorkers still don’t know if there are chemicals in their water that could make them sick. ..."... - https://eany.org/press_release/5-years-after-hoosick-falls-water-crisis-millions-of-nyers-still-dont-know-whats-in-their-drinking-water/
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